Virtual & Augmented Reality news

In 2021 Meta announced its intention to acquire Within, the studio behind popular VR fitness app Supernatural; though neither company announced the deal price, reporting indicated a whopping $400 million price tag which may have caught the attention of the US Federal Trade Commission. Today the FTC moved to formally block the deal in what it says is an effort to protect competition.Update (July 27th, 2022): Following reports late last year that the US Federal Trade Commission was scrutinizing Me

Sony has fully revealed PlayStation VR 2 at this point, but the company has still kept the PSVR 2 release date under wraps, with many wondering if it will come in 2022 or 2023. Well the company says it’ll finally reveal that info “soon.”Earlier this week Sony revealed some new software features coming to PSVR 2. Subtly tucked into the same announcement were some teases that the company will “soon” share the last essential details everyone wants to know: PSVR 2 relea

The FTC filed an injunction today to block Meta’s acquisition of the virtual reality studio Within, which is best known more recently for its subscription VR workout app Supernatural.
The regulatory body has had plenty of skirmishes with Facebook, now Meta, in recent years, but this is a pretty aggressive signal from the agency that they’re going to make M&A hell for Meta going forward.
“Meta could have chosen to try to compete,” the FTC said in its lawsuit. “in

VRChat, one of VR’s most popular social games, released an update this week has struck a nerve with its community.The long-running social VR application, VRChat has cultivated a large community of dedicated players since its release in 2017. And while the studio behind the project has largely made steady and welcomed improvements to the platform, this week it struck a nerve with its community.
On Tuesday the studio released the VRChat ‘Security Update’ which added new anti-chea

New headset owners can pick up a copy of Beat Saber free for a limited time.
Beginning August 1st, the price of all Meta Quest 2 headsets will increase by $100. The 128GB model will be available for purchase at $399.99 and the 256GB model for $499.99.According to Meta, one of the primary reasons for the price increase is rising production and shipping costs. The Meta Quest blog talked more about investing for the “long term.”
In order to continue investing in moving the VR industry f

The future of tabletop gaming is looking bright thanks to VR.All On Board is a mod-based VR platform currently in development for Meta Quest and PC VR headsets that allows you to play an ever-expanding catalog of multiplayer board games built by the community for the community in VR. The game is designed to recreate the feeling of getting together with your friends for an evening of classic tabletop gaming. Only instead of a dusty cabinet filled with moldy board games you’ve played co